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Catching up...

9th January 2011 by Dino

Tribun Dragon from The Codex of Ultima Wisdom wrote about their latest progress in accumulating Ultima information:

After our move to Aiera, we have returned at the Codex of Ultima Wisdom at trying to close the gaps in our database. We can proudly announce much success and therefore can give all of you the first official update in months.

First our progress in the single-player section.

• We now have a section for Money, where besides currencies, also valuables like gold bars have found their home.
• NPCs of Martian Dreams is now practically complete, only a few NPCs have no description.
• We closed gaps in the armour, weapons and equipment sections.
• Interesting articles about Richard Garriott's first partners, California Pacific and Sierra.
• An interesting article about the looks of the Avatar through the ages.
• A long article about the Generic Guards found in the various games.
• The Shops category is now complete. It hold the shops for each game, or links to the NPCs in question, complete with all price lists.
  • The magic shops in Ultima VI, Ultima VII and Ultima VII Part Two were so long, they got their own articles.
• The Evolution of the Paperdoll System.
• Several additions to the Walkthrough category:
  • A solution to the Blue Field Maze in Ultima VIII, complete with a map.
  • Completion of the Dungeon Solution for Ultima IX.
  • An in-depth analysis of the Timegate System in Ultima II.
  • A Solution for the Underworld in Ultima V.
• There are also numerous other additions, which are strewn all over the categories.

On the Ultima Online front, we have made lots of progress in filling the gaps:

• Addition of the expansion "High Seas" to the database.
• Background Information, including:
  • The Moongate System.
  • Races of Ultima Online.
• We have added all of the Worlds of Ultima Online, although the articles for the various locations still have to be added.
• Over half of the Skills already have articles, the rest will be added over time.
• All of the Virtues in Ultima Online together with their effects, have been added.

In more general news:

• We've added lots of new screenshots and illustrations, updated old ones to have better quality.
• Blu3vib3 is still busy with re-writing articles.
• Addition of navigation templates for easier access.
• Of course to usual improvements on articles in general.

A new client for Ultima 6 Online is available. Check out their website for details about what's new.

It appears that The Feudal Lands could use some new team members, including scriptwriters, graphic artists, and usecode programmers. Due to issues with the mail server, anyone interested should contact Wizardry Dragon at his personal email address.

The Titans of Ether have posted a progress report for November 2010. I suppose they'll have one for December soon.

There has been quite a bit of activity at Forgotten World. Here's a summary of what's new:

• 3 new awesome screenshots.
• An experienced C/C++ software engineer has joined the team.
• The team has managed to allow Raven to take the player to new maps.
• A patch has been released, whereby Mariah and Jaana now appear in their respective houses after the shrines have been cleansed.
• It appears that the U9 engine supports NPC schedules.
• A bug with music in Minoc has been fixed.
• A first release of Beautiful Britannia is available. This link has details about this release, and also some info about the upcoming R2.

More Ultima-related news from Aiera:

• Added: The Great Stygian Abyss (1st Floor) for Unreal; The Ice Caverns for Unreal Tournament; Serpent Isle - An Oblivion Mod.
• Progress from Back to Roots: the site has moved to a new location. Progress is being made in decoding the U5 files as well as with NPC, where sleeping and sitting has been implemented.
• xu4 resumed development, which will include improvements to code and performance, and possibly a mobile phone port. A new forum has been set up.
• An Ultima Underworld 2 video review was made by the Excalibur Brothers.
• Someone made a video of Ultima 5 theme music played on an electric guitar. Awesome!
• Ultima V on a Passport MIDI card.
• New gallery: Wild Basin Expedition Images [news post, gallery].

News from Aiera concerning Richard Garriott:

• The father of Ultima has appeared on a podcast at The Moth.
• An article about The Richard Garriott Papers - a collection of all kinds of material pertinent to Garriott's career.
• New gallery: Richard Garriott and Warren Spector, circa 1992 [news post, gallery].

More news from Aiera that is not Ultima-related:

• Mass Effect 3 Announcement Trailer.
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Debut Trailer.
• Good Old Games had a Christmas sale that included several old games that many of us old school gamers would really appreciate. The promotion has ended by now, though.
• The Acknowledgements page at Aiera has been redesigned.
• A new Mario Brothers movie Trailer.
• What went into making Epic Mickey?
• Christmas madness [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].
• Lunar eclipse...
• More EA vs Activision [1, 2].
• Jason French on Origin systems.
• "EA planning to bring the "Madden Curse" to the big screen".
• WtFD's wife entered a Big Bang Theory competition.
• A video about Dragon Age 2 Combat.
• Christmas and New Year posts.
• Outage notice for a few days ago, that possibly brought down Aiera and hosted sites for a short period of time.
• Neverwinter Nights 2 now available on Steam.
• Aiera is now hosting the Morrowind 2011 Compilation site.